At S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Nick Fury was reviewing the surveillance reports on Tony Stark submitted by the agents.
Nick Fury rubbed his forehead. "Natasha, I have another mission for you."
"What kind of mission?" Natasha had just finished the follow-up work on the vampire relic.
Nick Fury didn't say it directly, but instead turned on the television. "See for yourself."
"Mr. Stark, can we continue with the previous topic, please? Mr. Stark, I implore you!" The Hydra senator looked at the uninhibited Tony Stark with helplessness.
"Alright, darling." Tony reluctantly ended his flirtatious glances with Pepper.
Seeing that Tony finally turned to face him, the senator immediately spoke, "Can you please listen to me finish speaking? Mr. Stark."
"Oh, where were you?" Tony spread his hands.
The senator tried to maintain his composure.
"We were just discussing whether you possess a special weapon."
Tony leaned towards the microphone, his expression playful.
"No, Stark Industries doesn't manufacture weapons anymore. Of course, the hunting gear the military orders doesn't count."
"Iron Man is a weapon!" the senator stated bluntly.
Tony immediately retorted, "The Iron Man suit is my invention, and it is not a weapon!"
"Then, how would you describe it?" The senator's goal was to get Tony to hand over the Iron Man suit technology, so he wouldn't give up easily.
Tony propped himself up with one hand on the table, the other resting on the back of his chair.
"Uh... it is what it is! How should I put it? It's a high-tech prosthetic limb. That's... that's the most apt description I can think of."
The entire council erupted in laughter at Tony's joke, and the air immediately filled with merriment.
While the others found it amusing, the Hydra Senator, who'd been targeted, certainly didn't. The senator raised his pen and pointed it at Tony.
"A weapon, Iron Man is a weapon. I believe that such a dangerous weapon should be prioritized for the American people."
"Not a chance! I am Iron Man, the Iron Suit and I have already become one." Tony wouldn't back down and immediately retorted, "Handing over Iron Man is handing over myself, which would be either indentured servitude or prostitution. Of course, it depends on which state you're in."
"I will not hand over the Iron Suit!" Tony gave his final answer amidst the laughter of the assembly.
The Hydra Senator had been prepared for this.
"Listen, I'm not a weapons expert..." The Senator began, but was cut off by Tony.
"Of course not. You're not a whore, you're a Senator! Right!" Tony said, waving his hand theatrically towards the crowd. This caused more laughter.
Ignoring Tony's mockery, the Senator continued, "I'm not a weapons expert, so we need one to explain things to us. I'm calling in Justin Hammer, the Department of Defense's primary supplier."
Tony was surprised that these annoying flies were bringing in an even more annoying mosquito to the party, but he'd never taken Justin Hammer seriously.
As Justin Hammer sat down, Tony immediately mocked, "Although Mr. Hammer is here, I don't see any weapons expert."
"Heh, heh, hah," Justin Hammer said calmly, unfazed by Tony's mockery. "I'm not a weapons expert, that's true. You, Tony Stark, are a genius, but we all know who the real weapons expert is."
Justin Hammer didn't continue directly, but instead stood up and walked to the front of the room before speaking, "It's your father, Howard Stark! He's not only the patriarch of America, but also the father of the military-industrial complex. But make no mistake, he wasn't a little flower girl, he was a Mighty Lion.
And in the past six months, Tony Stark has forged a sharp sword, but insists it's a shield. He also wants us all to hide behind him."
"But we live in a dangerous world, and Tony Stark can't possibly foresee all the dangers. Thank you."
Before Tony could even retort, Justin Hammer and the Senator launched the next part of their attack:
"Next, I'd like to call upon U.S. Colonel James Rhodes to provide further details."
"Rhodes?"
Tony hadn't expected Rhodes to be involved, but he didn't blame him. Rhodes was probably caught in a difficult situation.
Rhodes and Tony embraced:
"Sorry, Tony. Just accept it."
Tony was quite confident:
"It's not time for that yet."
After the Senator made sure everyone was in place, he spoke again: "Colonel Rhodes, please read the contents of the seventh page, fourth line, for everyone."
"Are you asking me to read a snippet instead of an objective report?" Rhodes was naturally on Tony's side, but as a soldier, he couldn't disobey orders. "The Iron Man suit poses a great threat, and falling into the hands of armed militants could bring disaster."
The Senator and Justin Hammer were waiting for this!
Justin Hammer immediately stood up and opened the display screen in the assembly hall, showing satellite photos of Tony attacking terrorists in the Middle East.
Justin Hammer spread his hands and asked everyone:
"Isn't this a weapon?"
Although these people were prepared, they still couldn't compete with Tony Stark, who possessed core technology.
Tony tapped on his phone and broke through Hammer Industries' firewall, uploading the internal research records to the screen.
Justin Hammer's shoddy imitation Iron Man suits were displayed before everyone.
The crowd erupted in an uproar!
Tony didn't mince words: "It'll take the world five to ten years to catch up to my Iron Man technology. And Hammer Industries? At least twenty!"
Tony then stood up, turning to face everyone and declared loudly, "I am Iron Man! I alone can protect world peace! I've tried my best to work with these clowns, but these guys are just incompetent."
The Senator realized that today's event was a bust and dropped the pretense: "Fck you, Stark! Fck you, pal!"
Tony's only response to the Senator was a middle finger.
Natasha, after watching this, was unsurprised:
"That's so Tony Stark!"
Nick Fury knew far more than Natasha did, including the research records left behind by Howard Stark.
"The palladium in the Arc Reactor is harmful to the human body. I need you to confirm Tony Stark's specific condition," Nick Fury said, no longer hiding the mission objective from Natasha.
Subsequently, Natasha, using the alias Natalie Rushman, applied for a position as a legal secretary at Stark Industries.
Pepper specifically brought Natalie to Tony's villa, both because of Natalie's strong work abilities and to test Tony.
When the two arrived at the villa, Tony and Happy were boxing. Happy didn't dare to really fight his boss and was constantly getting beaten by Tony.
Tony's eyes widened the moment he saw the stunningly beautiful Natalie:
"Pepper, who is she?"
"Don't you even think about it! She's my secretary!" Pepper's eyes held a hint of warning.
Tony immediately replied righteously:
"How could that be? I only love you, my Pepper!"
"You better."
Pepper was relatively satisfied with Tony's reaction, but Tony wasn't one to sit still. Seeing Natalie's aloofness, Tony wanted to show off:
"Natalie, interested in trying out the ring?"
[ヘ?] Boom!
Tony was unceremoniously slammed onto the ground by Natalie, one of his arms still held by her.
Tony's eyes held a hint of disbelief: "What's going on?"
"I was in the Sanda club in college." Natalie's fabricated life experiences were already complete, and no problems could be found.
Tony gave up struggling and patted the ground to surrender. Happy was suppressing his laughter, afraid to let it out. Pepper, on the other hand, was standing to the side, covering her mouth and giggling.
Tony got up and completely ignored the fact that he'd been knocked down in one move, instead seriously discussing company business:
"How's the stock repurchase going?"
"Most of it's been recovered, and some small fry can't make any waves."
Pepper was very serious about her work and wanted to continue discussing some company business with Tony, but Tony suddenly drifted off, staring at the car race on TV.
Pepper reached out and waved her hand in front of Tony's eyes: "What's wrong? Tony."
Tony turned to Pepper and suddenly said: "I want to go racing in Monaco! Yes! I want to go watch the race!"
While Tony and his entourage were boarding a private jet to Monaco, Zed was busy upgrading the basic equipment of Dranlong Castle.
Besides decorative art, the castle was empty, with nothing special left.
For this, Zed planned to install ultra-modern technology like Setron without ruining the castle's overall style.
However, Dranlong Castle, being a secret base, couldn't be exposed to outsiders. Therefore, this entire project could only be completed by Zed and his team themselves.
Zed, wearing a white hard hat and a white towel, was plastering the wall. A few unopened buckets of paint were placed at his feet.
Zed put down his brush and turned to Skye, saying,
"Skye, I'm counting on you up top."
"Huh? It's so high up, and there's no ladder. How can I do it?" Skye looked at Zed with a puzzled expression.
"Transform! Fly up and install the router." Zed looked at her as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"I, I, uh..." Skye reluctantly took out her watch and transformed, flying upwards.
"I am Iron Man!"
Anton Vanko Sr. lay weakly on a narrow, folding bed, despairingly watching Tony Stark, who was basking in the limelight on television.
"I'm sorry, Ivan. I can only give you my knowledge, but you should have been the one standing there." The broken words came from old Vanko's mouth.
The unkempt Ivan quickly comforted him, "Don't listen to them, hurry and take your medicine."
"I'm sorry." After saying his last words, old Vanko closed his eyes forever.
The bitter liquor stung his throat, vodka, glug, glug, glug!
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